Abstract
Language policies are closely related to corporate and national agendas for many countries in the face of increasingly fierce global competition. Language education and the medium of instruction need to be understood as being shaped through this sociopolitical context (Tollefson & Tsui, 2004).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Aspinall, R. (2011). Globalisation and English language education policy in Japan: External risk and internal inertia. In D. Willis & J. Rappleye (Eds.), Reimagining Japanese education: Borders, transfers, circulations and the comparative. Oxford, England: Symposium Books.
De Certeau, M. (1984). The practice of everyday life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Faust, D., & Nagar, R. (2001). Politics of development in postcolonial India: English-medium education and social fracturing. Economic and Political Weekly, 36, 2878–2883.
Ishii, Y., Sekine, M., & Shiobara, Y. (2009). Asiakei senmonshoku imin no genzai. [The contemporary situation of skilled Asian migrants]. Tokyo, Japan: Keio Daigaku Shuppankai.
Kodo Jinzai Ukeire Suishin Kaigi. (2009). Gaikoku Kodo Jinzai Ukeire Seisaku no Honkakuteki Tenkai o [Toward a New Policy for Receiving Highly Skilled Professionals from Abroad].
Lave, J., & Wenger., E. (1991). Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Lévi-Strauss, C. (1966). The savage mind. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). (2008). Ryugakusei sanjumannin keikaku kosshi [The “300000 Foreign Students Plan” Campaign].
Ministry of Justice. (2000). Dainiji Shutsunyukoku Kanri Kihon Keikaku [The Second Basic Immigration Control Plan].
Ministry of Labour. (1999). Daikuji Koyo Taisaku Kihon Keikaku [The Ninth Basic Employment Measures Plan].
Murata, A. (2009). The meaning of bricolage in pluri-lingual situations: The analysis of two engineering communities. Literacies, 6, 1–8.
Murata, A. (2010). International migration of highly skilled workers: Analysis of the temporary migration of Indian IT engineers and contract labor in Japan. Migration Policy Review, 2, 6–22.
Murata, A. (2011). An analysis of the career development of highly skilled foreign workers. Intercultural Education, 33.
Nikkei BP Net. (2010). Yunikuro, Rakuten Dakejanai Eigo Koyogoka e mukau Genjitsu [Not just Uniqlo and Rakuten: The reality of moves towards officialising English]. Retrieved from http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20100824/242724/
Tollefson, J. W., & Tsui, A. B. M. (Eds.). (2004). Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Turner, V. W. (1969). The ritual process: Structure and anti-structure. Chicago, IL: Aldine Pub. Co. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2009). World conference on higher education report.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Sense Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Murata, A. (2015). Stuck in Between. In: Horiguchi, S., Imoto, Y., Poole, G.S. (eds) Foreign Language Education in Japan. Critical New Literacies: The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (Pelt). SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-325-4_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-325-4_4
Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam
Online ISBN: 978-94-6300-325-4
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)